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Mittens Gets Lucky
We were all settling in in at our usual spots when suddenly Mittens came bounding down the brick wall at the back of the yard. I imagine how we all must have looked to Mittens, all of our mouths in an "O" formation of surprise.
"Did you see that?" Dad asked as Mittens bounded into the yard next door.
"Do you mean Mittens, or the fact he had a birdy in his mouth?" Mom replied, still stunned.
"A Bird? Are you sure?"
"I saw sparrow tail feathers coming out of the side of his mouth!"
I saw it too. It was like Wild Kingdom - The Reality Show.
Mittens, the kitty who likes to hang out at my place, was getting himself some tweet action right in my yard. Now I am a lover and not a fighter, and I would never harm one of my tweets. Sure a grannycat can dream of the taste of Finch Fancy Feast, but I've never taken action in that direction.
If Mittens is going to go "Native" in my yard the least he can do is take out Mr. Mocking Bird or Lady Mockington. Even I would cheer that effort.
Mom quickly refilled Mittens dish with dry kibble. I think she feels a little guilty.
34 comments:
- Katnip Lounge said...
Oh dear. Mittens eating your tweets. What will be left for you to watch?
The Mocker Bird by our house imitates a piece of heavy machinery backing up. "Beep, beep, beep" at 4 a.m. That's even a little early for US.
xx lounge kats
- May 3, 2010 at 7:33 PM
- The Monkeys said...
We could use Mittens over here with all the birds in our area!
- May 3, 2010 at 8:02 PM
- Cory said...
We're all a bit jealous of Mittens....sigh.
- May 3, 2010 at 8:05 PM
- Sweet Praline said...
I want my mom to buy your book, but we have a question. Once we get it, can we have it shipped to you so your mom and you can autograph it for us?
- May 3, 2010 at 8:32 PM
- Glogirly and Katie said...
I don't like getting feathers stuck between my teeths.
- May 3, 2010 at 10:23 PM
- Jacqueline said...
We want to know about Sweet Praline's question too!(we want a personally autographed copy)...Finny, we're sorry Mittens killed the wrong tweet=maybe you could talk with him about that!...Happy Tuesday sweetie...xo...Calle, Halle, Sukki
- May 3, 2010 at 10:27 PM
- Winston said...
Oh dear, my cousin Q is like Mittens and catches the birdies and bolts off as fast as possible - she cannot go outside anymore.
Hope you enjoyed your al fresco time.
- May 3, 2010 at 10:38 PM
- Simba said...
It is such a dilemma - it is the natural course of things for kitties to catch birds, but we all love the birds too...........
- May 3, 2010 at 10:42 PM
- Lisa, Jack and Baby said...
Bird hunting is beyond our capabilities, so we are impressed. Jack would really like to get the squirrels because they chatter and squeal at him so much.
- May 3, 2010 at 10:56 PM
- Inigo Flufflebum and d'Artagnan Rumblepurr said...
Meh, we'll stick to the Fancy Feast...
- May 3, 2010 at 10:56 PM
- Sparkle said...
Fin, you might as well tell your human that no amount of kibble will ever match that fresh birdie flavor.
- May 4, 2010 at 12:45 AM
- Kea said...
We think Mittens could have brought you the bird so you could have the best parts. I mean, he *was* poaching on your property!
- May 4, 2010 at 1:43 AM
- Milo and Alfie Marshall said...
Mittens is VERY cheeky taking fevvers from YOOR yard. We fink he shud be denied kibble as a punishment for stealing.
- May 4, 2010 at 2:02 AM
- Huffle Mawson said...
Mittens was obviously hungry.
- May 4, 2010 at 2:32 AM
- Marg said...
We agree that Mittens should go after those darn Mr.Mockinbirds. They are a pain because they chase us when we are outside. Be glad Fin that you don't go outside.
Our book is on the way. We are so excited. We can't wait to read it too. We would love to have ours autographed too. Hope you have a great week.
- May 4, 2010 at 3:15 AM
- Forever Foster said...
Mittens is making me question my mancatliness. All I can do is chatter at the birds...
- May 4, 2010 at 3:56 AM
- The Island Cats said...
Whoa! That musta been something to see! Maybe Mr. Mockingbird will be next...we can only hope...
- May 4, 2010 at 4:13 AM
- Hannah and Lucy said...
Perhap Mittens took that sparrow because your Mom hadn't topped up his Kibble bowl!
- May 4, 2010 at 5:25 AM
- The Whiskeratti said...
Birdies...yumm... we haz never tasted birdies... sighs.
- May 4, 2010 at 6:14 AM
- Cindy said...
Such excitement going on there!
- May 4, 2010 at 6:25 AM
- Keiko said...
We've never caught a birdie here, but mummy asks us if we ever used to, before we came to live with her and daddy. It's part of a cat's nature right?? Now we just like Temptations.
- May 4, 2010 at 6:27 AM
- curator said...
Oh...wonder if Mittens has been at my house...we wonder where all the birds got to....
But I am glad Mom filled Mittens' bowl! That's a better menu!
- May 4, 2010 at 7:01 AM
- Mary Sheehan Winn said...
Wild Kingdom indeed. You didn't get a picture??
- May 4, 2010 at 9:24 AM
- jennifer lorton said...
Mr. Dutch brought an episode of Wild Kingdom to our yard last night too. The great mole hunter. I felt terrible.
- May 4, 2010 at 10:24 AM
- The Kool~Kittie~Krew said...
WOW!!! WTG Mittens!!!
- May 4, 2010 at 10:26 AM
- Purrfect Haven said...
Darcy and Bing wish pas on their congratulations. Mrs H is aghast and has turned her face away. Love Darcy and Bingley
- May 4, 2010 at 12:09 PM
- Cats in Trees said...
Could Mittens come over and help us with the angry magpie? He scared Dushi the other day sitting in the tree with his loud chattering.
- May 4, 2010 at 2:16 PM
- Alasandra said...
We has a mockingbird eating our strawberries. Mittens is welcome to come capture it. ~AFSS
- May 4, 2010 at 2:22 PM
- Goldie, Shade and Banshee said...
Mittens you RAWK!!!!!!
Purrs Goldie, who is still under house arrest and has only caught a breeze in the last 15 months.
- May 4, 2010 at 2:45 PM
- The Crew said...
Wow, that's more exciting than what goes on in our yard!
- May 4, 2010 at 3:11 PM
- the casbah kitten said...
Momma gets upset when we catch birdies too. . . but she gives us hugs and treats when we bring her a mole. Maybe you should tell Mittens to catch moles instead.
- May 4, 2010 at 4:34 PM
- One Cats Nip said...
so if i buy the book....how do I get it signed my finny and mom!!??!
- May 4, 2010 at 4:50 PM
- Derby, Ducky said...
Mittens caught a real, live dead birdie?
- May 4, 2010 at 5:51 PM
- meowmeowmans said...
We like to watch the birdies, but we're sort of couch potatoes ... too much work to actually chase them...
- May 4, 2010 at 5:56 PM


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Feathered Friends: No major surprises during recent GBBC10:35 am | March 5, 2012
During last month's Great Backyard Bird Count, I conducted counts at my home on Simerly Creek Road in Hampton as well as counts in Erwin and Elizabethton.
I counted the most birds — 30 species — in Elizabethton, although I found 25 species at home. In Erwin, I found a total of 22 species, mostly around Erwin Fishery Park.
The most astonishing observation during that weekend of counting birds involved a Cooper's Hawk clutching prey in its talons as it flew across Highway 19E near State Line Drive-In. I only got a glimpse, but I am almost certain that the large raptor was carrying a smaller hawk in its talons. The prey looked bigger than any songbird and also gave me a brief look at a heavily barred tail.
I only counted the Cooper's Hawk, not the bird the large hawk had captured. Still, if I had to make a guess, I suspect that the aftermath of that incident involved a female Cooper's Hawk — females being bigger than males — that had successfully captured a male Sharp-shinned Hawk or perhaps an American Kestrel.
The other birds I found in Elizabethton included:
Canada Goose, 48; Mallard, 15; Bufflehead, 8; Great Blue Heron, 1; Black Vulture, 2; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1; Cooper's Hawk, 1; Killdeer, 12; Rock Pigeon, 57; Mourning Dove, 7; Belted Kingfisher, 3; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 3; Downy Woodpecker, 1; Northern Flicker, 1; Blue Jay, 11; American Crow, 15; Carolina Chickadee, 5; Tufted Titmouse, 8; White-breasted Nuthatch, 1; Carolina Wren, 4; Eastern Bluebird, 5; American Robin, 82; Northern Mockingbird, 3; European Starling, 170; Eastern Towhee, 1; Song Sparrow, 2; White-throated Sparrow, 2; Dark-eyed Junco, 4; Northern Cardinal, 8; and House Finch, 4.
I also enjoyed counting at my feeders and around the pond at home in Hampton.
The surprise sighting of the weekend was a Northern Flicker, the first I've seen this year at home. My other sightings at home included:
Mallard, 4; Turkey Vulture, 2; Mourning Dove, 2; Eastern Screech-owl, 1; Belted Kingfisher, 1; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Pileated Woodpecker, 2; Blue Jay, 8; American Crow, 5; Carolina Chickadee, 8; Tufted Titmouse, 8; White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Carolina wren, 2; Eastern Bluebird, 2; American Robin, 50; Eastern Towhee, 1; Song Sparrow, 4; White-throated Sparrow, 5; White-crowned Sparrow, 1; Dark-eyed Junco, 10; Northern Cardinal, 6; House Finch, 2; and American Goldfinch, 4.
The 22 species of birds I found in Erwin included Canada Goose, 15; Mallard, 6; Great Blue Heron, 1; Turkey Vulture, 5; Red-tailed Hawk, 1; Rock Pigeon, 8; Mourning Dove, 2; Downy Woodpecker, 1; Blue Jay, 4; American Crow, 78; Carolina Chickadee, 2; Tufted Titmouse, 2; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Carolina Wren, 1; Eastern Bluebird, 10; American Robin, 63; Northern Mockingbird, 5; European Starling, 210; Eastern Towhee, 2; Chipping Sparrow, 2; Song Sparrow, 4; and Northern Cardinal, 6.
I received an email this past week from Rita Schuettler informing me of a recent sighting.
"I had my first Red Winged Blackbird Monday morning about 11:30 a.m.," she wrote. "At least, that's what time I saw him. It seems to be a week or two early this year. Normally, I see Red-winged Blackbirds about the middle of March."
She said she also reloaded her feeders because of the large number of American Goldfinches that have been feeding and emptying the feeders at a quick pace.
"I've finally spotted a couple of House Finches," she added. "Otherwise, it's the usual birds feeding."
Rita noted that she is looking forward to seeing an Indigo Bunting and hopefully a Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
"Those two sightings always make my spring," she reported.
The good news is that in only a little more than a month, many of our favorite birds will start returning to the region. In addition to Indigo Buntings and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, we can expect April to bring back a variety of warblers as well as Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Scarlet Tanagers, Wood Thrushes, Blue Grosbeaks, Baltimore Orioles and Red-eyed Vireos.
Since several recent columns have speculated on the presence of American Robins this winter in the region, I've got to add another twist to the status of this common bird thanks to an email I received from Elizabethton resident Don Rice.
Back in February of 2008 while living in West Palm Beach in Florida, Don encountered a large flock of American Robins feeding on the berries of a shrub.
"I didn't recognize the species," he said. "Having been in Florida from 1981 to 2010, I had forgotten what a robin looked like."
Of course, he eventually recognized the birds as American Robins and took the photograph that I am using this week to illustrate the column.
Don said that he was born and raised in New England, where the robin was the old standby as one of the first signs of spring.
"This was only one reason I couldn't wait to move North," he shared.
I appreciate Don sharing his own robin story, as well as the dynamic photograph.
As readers can see from my tallies during the recent GBBC, there was certainly no shortage of American Robins in the region during the duration of this annual census of bird life.
Still, now that the robins can safely be considered back in Northeast Tennessee, I am now looking forward to some new arrivals. March has arrived and the trickle of migrants that is already starting to return will turn to a torrent when the calendar changes to April and May.
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There was good news to come out of Symphony Center on Thursday night. Riccardo Muti was back to open the new season, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians are playing while talking. All's right with the world, or at least the CSO's corner of it.
There is yet no new contract to replace the labor agreement that expired Sept. 16, and a further bargaining session is scheduled for Saturday. A management spokeswoman says only that "talks have been constructive and are ongoing."
As negotiations continue, the musicians union has refrained from taking any action, no doubt out of respect for Muti and the players and for the fact that several important things are riding on the September concerts going ahead as scheduled, not least the orchestra's and Muti's early-October tour to Carnegie Hall and Mexico.
The attractive program with which the music director is launching the season's subscription series finds him in an adventuresome mode, presenting Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 5, Giuseppe Martucci's "Notturno" and Ottorino Respighi's "Feste Romane." None of these qualifies as a warhorse, and all three brought out the best in Muti's virtuoso band, with only minor glitches in the horns to mar the gleaming finish of the playing. It augurs well.
Shame on symphony orchestras for neglecting Dvorak's F major symphony. I, for one, would gladly forgo yet another performance of the "New World" Symphony in favor of this warmly ingratiating score, the first important work of his maturity. Here is the 34-year-old Czech composer announcing his talent to the world. Muti, who hadn't done any Dvorak here prior to the Fifth Symphony, is to be congratulated for bringing it back into the repertory, after a nine-year absence, in a most enjoyable performance.
The pastoral opening, with its theme for two clarinets, sets the tone for a score marked by Dvorak's typical melodic abundance and folkish exuberance. Under Muti's supple control, the long lines unfolded with a flow that felt natural rather than self-conscious, and with a careful balance of instrumental choirs beneath.
The rustic idyll that is the slow movement gave way to an infectiously spirited Scherzo, Muti crouching low on the podium to get the dynamic contrasts he was after. The symphony ends in a blaze of F major triumph, but not before Dvorak teasingly holds the listener in harmonic suspense – when will the home key finally arrive? The distinguished soloists included Stephen Williamson, clarinet; J. Lawrie Bloom, bass clarinet; and Eugene Izotov, oboe.
Then it was on to a pair of Muti's Italian specialties. The coupling made sense, since Respighi was a pupil of Martucci's, and both masters upheld the symphonic tradition in Italian music at a time when opera predominated.
The pieces are completely opposite, and as such complement one another, Muti told Thursday's audience. The Martucci Nocturne is, he said, "delicate and melancholy," while Respighi's "Roman Festivals" is big, beautiful and brazen, just like the Eternal City itself. "The orchestra becomes crazy at the end," the maestro observed, much to the amusement of the audience.
Muti has done much to champion Martucci's undeservedly neglected music, having introduced the CSO to the composer's Piano Concerto No. 2 a year ago. The six-minute Nocturne (a piano piece orchestrated in 1901) has a gentle, wistful lyricism that is most appealing, for all its debts to Puccini. It could hardly have received more loving or shapely attention.
Respighi's Technicolor tone poem – the third and least familiar of a Roman trilogy that includes "The Fountains of Rome" and "The Pines of Rome" – is a natural for our hot-blooded Italian maestro, even if the native Neapolitan has only recently adopted Rome as one of his cities of residence.
Muti knows the way to do this sonic blockbuster is not to flout its vulgarity but to embrace it. With 10 percussionists and a pipe organ at his command, and extra trumpets stationed in the terrace, he wrung every drop of color from the sumptuous orchestration. Such is his knack for clarifying the thickest textures that you heard everything – the roaring brass as lions are set upon the martyrs in "Circenses," the lovely mandolin serenade in the nocturnal "October Festival," the frenzy of jubilation in the final "Epiphany." Yet the sensitivity to atmosphere was there along with the swagger.
As Muti remarked, "This is Roma." The music is the city. So it was with the orchestra's reading of Respighi's gloriously excessive piece. I expect Carnegie will go wild over it just as Orchestra Hall did on Thursday
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After God had formed Adam, he put him in the garden. All boasting was thereby shut out. Only he that made us can make us happy; he that is the Former of our bodies, and the Father of our spirits, and none but he, can fully provide for the happiness of both. Even in paradise itself man had to work. None of us were sent into the world to be idle. He that made our souls and bodies, has given us something to work with; and he that gave us this earth for our habitation, has made us
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The continuing progress of electric motorcycle racing was illustrated this week when MotoCzysz won the TT Zero Race at the Isle of Man for the second year running. In achieving a new lap record for electric motorcycles of 99.513 mph, the Segway-sponsored MotoCzysz E1PC went within a whisker of claiming the GBP10,000 prize for the first electric bike to lap the 37 mile circuit at 100mph at the same time as demonstrating yet another quantum leap in electric bike performance from last year's 96.820 mph average and the 2009 winning average of 87.434 mph.
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The small field also included four University outfits competing for the GBP5000 University Prize, with third place outright and the first university team home going to the Kingston Ecotricity ION Horse ridden by George Spence, though considerably slower than the MotoCzysz at just 88.435mph. Allan Brew on the MIT machine was second in the university class and fourth outright.
The times might have been even faster for the winning machine had experienced TT rider Rutter not backed off to conserve power, and there's also little doubt that the bike has considerably more performance available for shorter circuits thanks to its recently commercialised d1g1tal dr1ve.
Rutter thought that the bike could have gone even quicker but held back to conserve power, though there's clearly a huge performance gap between electric bikes and the fastest petrol-engined road bikes which lap the circuit some 28% faster. Viewed another way, it's 54 years since the first 100 mph lap of the circuit by a petrol-engined bike.
I have known doubt this is the future. Good acceleration, no vibration, very low noise, the ability to top it up from home and most important of all, low maintains. The only two down sides I can see, you cannot fuel it up as fast as a combustion engine. In addition, the battery has a very short life span and is very costly to replace. Pity that.Mac Sharry Gerard
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LOS ANGELES -- A poster showing President Barack Obama as Heath Ledger's "Joker" character from "The Dark Knight" is creating a stir on the streets of Los Angeles where the image began appearing over the weekend.
The Obama-Joker poster shows President Obama with white face paint, dark eye shadow and smudged red lipstick and also has the word "socialism" printed in bold, dark letters under the image of his face.
It's unclear who created the image and who is posting it across the city. No one has taken credit so far.
Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson is calling the depiction, politically mean spirited and dangerous.
Hutchinson is challenging the group or individual that put up the poster to have the courage and decency to publicly identify themselves.
Be offended all you want moonbat!Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-03-09 08:16 PM
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24. The Joker definitely was not a socialist.
I'm offended by this poster - as an Obama supporter, and as a Heath Ledger/Joker fan.
Funny, most DUmmies had fun with BusHitler's pics.Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-03-09 06:57 PM
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Unless you could prove that the Joker's "smile" can be interpreted as a bodily threat against the President, which actually doesn't seem too hard to do.
Everyone knew the race card would be played....romantico (1000+ posts) Mon Aug-03-09 06:59 PM
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I find it offensive! Reverse black face of a African American. Disgusting!
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While many NBA coaches sit in their offices before a game and agonize over an opponent's ability to upset their evening, the Golden State Warriors' Don Nelson sneaks out a back door at Oracle Arena, slides behind an area specifically curtained off for him, plops down on a stool, pulls out a lighter and fires up a cigar as big as a baby's arm. He takes a deep puff and soon his head disappears in a great plume of smoke.
It is difficult to even see Nelson until the smoke rises and dissipates into the East Bay air. Hell, some think it is always difficult to see Nelson -- the true Nelson. He's a living, breathing contradiction, one of the most polarizing figures in the NBA, known for infamous battles with players and owners and viewed warily by his peers, many of whom have felt the sting of his political maneuvering or know somebody who has and have been apprised of the stories. Nelson is creative, innovative, daring and enduring. And if his last name were Brown, he would have been in the Hall of Fame long ago.
Instead, another spring weekend went by with Nelson on the ballot for enshrinement in Springfield, Mass., and he once again fell short, despite a playing and coaching résumé that spans more than four decades and includes more victories (1,333) than any coach in his sport -- an achievement he reached Wednesday with a 116-107 victory at Minnesota, breaking a tie with Lenny Wilkens.
Nelson, 69, says he does not dwell on being passed over multiple times by the voting committee, a combination of Hall of Famers, basketball executives, media members and other contributors to the game whose identities are not revealed. But he has to know that many in the sport see his foibles more prominently than his contributions, and whether through outright collusion or simple human nature, voters appear intent on making him a pariah for as long as possible, until uproar over his exclusion can no longer be overlooked.
The fact that Nelson has more wins than any other coach is ironic if only because he said he never even thought about coaching when he retired as a player in 1976 after 14 seasons with three teams. The majority of his career was spent in Boston, where he won five championships and will forever be remembered for the shot that bounced high off the back rim and through the net in Game 7 of the 1969 Finals.
After Nelson first attempted a post-playing career as an official -- he failed out of referee camp, according to one contemporary -- he landed in Milwaukee when general manager Wayne Embry, a teammate of Nelson's in Boston, asked him to join coach Larry Costello's staff. After firing Costello following a 3-15 start to the 1976-77 season, Embry sought to have Nelson take over as head coach. Nelson said he refused because he felt he needed more experience as an assistant. When Embry asked once more, Nelson again said no with the hope he'd eventually get to work with and learn from Jack Ramsay, who led Portland to its first and only title that season.
When Embry asked a third time, Nelson finally relented.
"I told them I would do it for the rest of the year, and we'll see how it goes," Nelson said. "I really liked the owner. He gave me a test [and] said I was the most competitive person he had ever met. He told me to give it a go, so I did."
It was the beginning of a coaching run that later sent him to Golden State, then to New York, then Dallas and back to Golden State -- a tenure that has produced 18 playoff teams and many more enemies.
A man of his stature should be celebrated, a parade of young colleagues fervently seeking advice from the dean of coaches. They could inquire about the seven consecutive division titles in Milwaukee. Or the Run TMC days of Tim Hardaway, Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond in Golden State. Or his experience with Dream Team II, which won the gold medal at the 1994 FIBA World Championships in Toronto. Or his successful stint in Dallas, which helped transform the Mavericks from perennial doormats into a consistent playoff team. Or they could even ask about his "We Believe" run in Golden State in 2007, when the Warriors upended the Mavs, the first No. 8 seed to defeat a No. 1 in a seven-game series, a result that helped lead to the firing of Avery Johnson, the man whom Nelson groomed to succeed him in Dallas.
The milestones, the medals -- he has more than a few of those. But perhaps more notable is Nelson's influence on the game. He's known for his unique style of small ball, which developed when he picked up on a trend in practice and which he used time and again in his various coaching stops.
"I always wondered why big players couldn't do what small players do," Nelson said. "And I always thought that small players could beat big players because it is a fast game. It is harder for bigs to guard smalls than for smalls to guard bigs in a fast-paced game. That was proved many times in practice when the smalls would play the bigs in a full-court game. So I tried to take advantage of that: If I could guard you but you couldn't guard me, that was a mismatch either way."
Nelson is also widely credited for developing the point-forward position when he let the 6-foot-5 Paul Pressey of Milwaukee bring the ball up the court and make plays, creating another mismatch. (However, some say the founder of the point forward is Hall of Famer Wilkens, who, with Seattle in 1977, instructed 6-7 small forward John Johnson to help guards Gus Williams and Dennis Johnson distribute the ball. The following year, the Sonics won the title and John Johnson led the team with 4.4 assists.)
"I wouldn't argue with [Wilkens getting credit for it]," Nelson said. "That would be fine with me. I don't care to take credit. I just used point forward because I thought it was a tremendous advantage."
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I found that everything Yahoo! has Microsoft has as well. Instant messaging? Got it. Search? Check. Looking for a girlfriend? Both can help. Need news? You could argue that Microsoft, with its MSNBC partnership, is far superior.
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This article (though probably not meant with much seriousness) is a joke I am afraid."Buy Apple's Mac business. This may actually cost a tad more than Yahoo!, but it would be well worth it.""cost a tad more"!!!!.......Unless I have missread the msn money siteThe market cap for Apple is more than three times that of Yahoo.MS are at a serious limit raising 44Billion never mind over three times that!Also, why buy into a market they already dominate ?Yes Apple have a more solid OS core but they also add to the MS coffers already (i.e. every Mac Office sale generates MS$). Once OSX is MS owned and gains massive market share it's value will erode as it will become the focus for hackers and viruses. Whilst OSX can sit there and say it is more secure, that is in large part due to it's small market exposure compared to Windows. How long after buying OSX do you think the first major increase in attacks will start and the folks will then blame MS!I agree Yahoo is over priced by MS but they have to do something even if thick computing isn't going away they are determined to keep market dominance and they are not dominant in the very closely related "cloud" market. It is a real danger to their future revenue.HP etc are not concerned about Google because Google is not a threat to them. Sorry to say I don't see any common sense in what this article puts forward.
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From my desk, looking through the monitor into the internet world, I suspect someone in Microsoft made a drunk bet after losing to a Yahoo executive at a game that he will ensure that Microsoft buys Yahoo..otherwise I do not see the sense in the Yahoo purchase.Sun bought MySQL for 1/44 of the amount MS is offering, and that was a sensible purchase in my not-an-analyst-just-a-user-of-computer-software-and-internet opinion. Minus the comics on "My Yahoo" page, the company serves me no other purpose.
A great idea. But currently Microsoft seems to want it all and can't make its mind. One one side MS is (still?) trying Internet, social networks, etc but at the same time putting huge resources to get to big corporate world. On long run they may be successful with the wast resources but it also seems to confuse them what to try next. And I don't think they can beat IBM, SUN, HP in corporate game, they would need hardware they control for that. Great public, a huge and growing group using computer resources is another game - now maybe MS will buy Motorola mobile device unit and get Windows Mobile really to the world?
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Class I, Div. 1, Groups A,B,C,D, T4; Class II, Div. 1, Groups E,F,G; Class III, T4, "Classified"
Class I, Div. 1, Groups A,B,C,D, T4; Class II, Div. 1, Groups E,F,G; Class III, T4, "Exia"
Permissible for use in Gassy Mines, Methane/air only. Appr. No. 20-A070001-0
Ex ia IIC T3 Ga; UL-BR 12.0403X
Meets applicable European Community Directives
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Safety Rules Help Lift Demand for Remote Valve Actuator
The FlexiDrive remote valve actuator from U.K.'s Smith Flow Control has been in the market for more than a decade. However, new European safety regulations are leading to a surge of installations for the cable-driven actuator.
How a Commissioning Plan for Process Instrumentation Is Executed
Plant engineers and project managers know a well-crafted commissioning plan, created in tandem with instrumentation equipment suppliers and installation contractors, is their ally in getting a system up and running on time. Here is a template to craft that plan.
KSB Readies Water/Wastewater Product Lineup for 2014
German multinational pump maker KSB hopes to improve upon a slightly down 2013 in sales. It is ready to showcase its latest variable-speed pump for water/wastewater uses on the trade show circuit.
Surge in Biofuels Demand Could Affect Process Equipment Deliveries
The Environmental Protection Agency's Renewable Fuel Standard 2′s doubling of biofuel capacity to 36 billion gal/yr is expected to put a tight supply on pumping and process equipment.
Piping Connection Considerations in Pumping Systems
Proper design of suction and discharge piping for a pumping system will prevent a host of costly equipment failures and damage. Piping must ensure steady flow, profile, and net positive suction head.


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Krylon® Super Quick Grip Spray Adhesive
Looking to get a fast acting adhesive that will really last? Krylon® Super Quick Grip Spray Adhesive creates a smooth, flexible, non-wrinkling bond that adheres lightweight materials in seconds and dries strong and permanent. Depend on Super Quick Grip to successfully bond all of your everyday spray adhesive projects. Paper crafters will love its smooth and even adhesion and acid-free formula.
Super Quick Grip Spray Adhesive is available in 11-ounce aerosol cans.
Super Quick Grip Spray Adhesive is acid-free and can be used for adhering lightweight surfaces to wood, metal, plastic, glass, Styrofoam®, plaster, ceramic, fabric, paper and more.
Apply several very light, thin coats rather than one heavy coat. For strongest bond, spray both surfaces with 2 light coats, wait 5 – 15 seconds before adhering surfaces together.
Note: heavy coats may melt Styrofoam. For best results, always use light coats on Styrofoam or apply adhesive to the covering material (paper, fabric, etc.). Works best in foam-to-foam applications.